Upcoming Event

What enables leaders to be great?

What enables great leaders to better manage stress,
create sound work-life balance and
more fully enjoy their career and their lives? 

Which personality trait is most important to inspire others to act?  

Which style of leadership will enable you to be most successful?

Join me in January for the 1st session of the Think BIG! Book Club. We will answer these questions in our discussions about our first featured book, Energy Leadership by Bruce D Schneider.

The Think BIG! Book Club is an ongoing study of various business and key issue books that enables the participant to more effectively meet current needs and gain expertise in areas of interest.  The registration cost of $49 for this first session includes a minimum of 3 -60 minute review calls with other club members; the book "Energy Leadership"; plus study questions, key forms and other related materials to make the learning experience vital and also fun.

Feature Article
Don’t Chase Your Tail

My cat Scooter enjoys his play time. One of his favorite activities is simply "chasing his tail." He will spin around to the right and then sharply back to the left going in circles in an attempt to catch his tail.  Finally, he stops and drops to the floor, tired and noticeably dizzy from this actions. His mission seems to never get accomplished though he really puts out the effort.  

In life, we too find ourselves "chasing our tails". We too often rush from one falsely perceived emergency to another. Pulled to the right to address this challenge and then seemingly at the same time pulled to the left for another. Hour after hour and day after day...

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Energy Leadership
Leadership Communications

In our exploration of the characteristics of anabolic and catabolic leaders, so far we’ve determined that anabolic leaders “lead” and “participate,” while catabolic leaders “manage” and “delegate.”  This month, let’s look at another aspect of leadership - how information is passed along to others – to further see the difference between the two types of leaders.

In any type of leadership role – whether as a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or as a parent, imparting information to others is an integral and essential part of leading. Catabolic leaders give information, while anabolic leaders share information.  

“Giving” means to convey, transmit, assign, or allot. When we give to others, we no longer have ownership of what we give. “Sharing,” on the other hand, means to partake of, use, or experience with others. When we share...

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Christmas Time At Home

A quick glance at any history book will tell you that peace on earth and good will to men is a pretty tall order. This only serves to make the Christmas Truce of 1914, which occurred during the first year of World War I, even more amazing.

On Christmas Eve 1914, British forces stationed on the Western Front found something unusual in their trenches: a chocolate cake from enemy German troops with a note asking for a ceasefire in order to celebrate Christmas.

The ceasefire, it said, would begin at 7:30 p.m., at which time the Germans would light candles on the parapets of their trenches and put on a Christmas concert.  At 7:30 p.m. on the dot, the Germans rose from their trenches and serenaded the British with Christmas carols. Puzzled and hesitant at first, the British soon joined in.

Similar events occurred all along the Western Front, without authorization from the higher-ups on either side. German and British soldiers met in No Man’s Land, between the trenches, to exchange gifts and autographs, play soccer and attend to the more somber task of burying their dead.  The truce lasted until the end of Christmas Day in some parts of the Western Front; in others, it lasted until New Year’s Day.

And so, when Aunt Mary starts making hostile statements about your sweet potato casserole, or Uncle Henry asks why you don’t have a “real” job,  I encourage you to remember the Christmas Truce of 1914.

If warring soldiers can put aside their differences and embrace one another in the name of Christmas, there’s hope for even the most challenged family to make it through the holidays intact.  May you and yours have the best holiday season ever!

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